A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
China pollution
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Can China switch 70 per cent of northern cities to clean heating by 2021 in bid to tackle pollution?

Plan will see volume of coal burnt fall by 74 million tonnes by 2019, Beijing says

Topic |   China pollution
Choi Chi-yuk
Choi Chi-yuk

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
A man shovels coal into a tray next to an oven he uses to heat his home in the village of Heqiaoxiang in northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
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